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Lessons from Frank McCourt learned well in Bay Shore

Joye Brown

Newsday columnist Joye Brown

Joye Brown has been a columnist for Newsday since 2006.

The auditorium of Bay Shore High School was standing room only. Among the guests lucky enough to score a special green ticket - promising a Bay Shore variation of the venerable Irish blessing, "Where the Sea Breezes Are Always At Your Back" - were the local monsignor and a group of Hibernians.

It was April 9, 1997 and "Angela's Ashes" author Frank McCourt was waiting to address the school's...

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